Extends the sunset date of Act 156, SLH 2003 from 6/30/05 to 6/30/07 and provides that the commission shall be administratively attached to the department of human services. Appropriates funds for the commission. (SD1)

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Act 156, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, is amended as follows:

1. By amending §   -2 in section 2 to read:

"§   -2 State commission on fatherhood. There is established the state commission on fatherhood within the [office of the lieutenant governor] department of human services for administrative purposes."

2. By amending section 3 to read:

"SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003, and be repealed on June 30, [2005.] 2007."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of monies received by the State from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, to carry out the purposes of the state commission on fatherhood.

SECTION 3. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2005; provided that sections 2 and 3 shall take effect on July 1, 2005.